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October 1973

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1. The earliest docuilent of substaj'rce i:r tie fife of subproject 7 is a letter to the Geschickter Ftind fron Dr. liarold A- Abranson clatedJr.l-re 8, 1953. The letter acLror*ledges support fcrr tJre previor:s yeal-'s research on LSD 25 and requesis sr-rnfiort ai-,ii:1s- tne yggi {4y j-gss --;"rr 1954. There is a separate refe.entl in the fiLe to'"RJ-57"; presus-r1b^L1 a-rgs_9fcl and developrnent con^Lract or pro.ject. Searche-s tirough TSS and Office -of Logisticl records failed tb pioduce anyrhirrg tq,ri;f such an identificati.on. The office of securitj' file o1 il" pii".ip"]-'llves_tjgqtor, _l{arold A. Abrarnson, }v?s operred i:r itiay 1952 r,;itir a request fron RDD/TSS for Top Secret clearance. Ttr" cleararrce 'r;as gr-a1ted, " Augttst 1952. -Thi: suggests that CL{ i:rterest i:r tte t-"-s"i..h t1.g* 1952 arouid the tine the clearance rra_s requested.

2. The reque:!_ fgr sL?porr during ehe 19si-1954 year says a ps1'chiatrist- rvi1l "analyie the ver6aiiin recoi'.iings in over 100 that erperi:nents in r'hich LSD 25 has g.Lready been givcn," inFereltiagl,-itrir-af8 the iit-ta yeqr. Anong the chiags to be sfrrc'iie<i lrere dre reaction t.a*e.to light and sou,d_and eye-ha::d coord:.:ration. i'his, toget!.er r.i-ith the ite:n jn the budget for palinent to the subj ects suggeits itrac subjects l'tere-aware that they rvere participatrng-in e-q:eii-nentation. f". proposal also says:
"one of the difficul.ties of deternnni:rg ery1icit1y tJre effect of the dn:g itself is that the subjec.t-anc the obse:r-er are both consciotrs of the fact that an eq:eri.::rent is being perforned. It is hoped in the nerc year that subjec-s on the ileurology Seruice t+ho are essenti"lly nbnaat fronr a ilsychiatric point of vierv will be given urwitting doses of tjre dirrg for psycirothe-rapeutic purposes. fn this-way rre valuable--"*p"ri^"nts r*ill probably be ca:ried out ia spite of hospital condit-ions."

. 5. - subproject 27 is-a continuation of subp:'oject 7 to carry the research through fron July 4, 1954 to July 3, igs-s. A letter tb the Geschickter Fourdation dated Febn:ary 22,-I9i4 requests a terninal grant to permit consolidation and ana11'sis of Cre data gathered dgring

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tjre fi:--st ttro )'eals, to search for a suitable antidote, and rdiat happens during i: iriti on fot I o,.,.*c r"lgetedto deterr,r-iae hieh dos es of l.SD 25. Part of f li,l^9':r:l: to be done ;i th" tJre rrork r\-as ccntinue tie hork on <ru 1,1d.-r_ll Ll-S5ue ano to Imrestje ald brain tissue a:ra'tooi"""iti.srte tjre acrionat " rffi ?( +L^ r^_--r nf Tqn ^_ the deveiop_ o the_nen;ous systen by it 9" "_i:.i:l_:l. t_.? zf d";"i;p*;;;^;f T:it,of ltudyy.g- the enbryological
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and,,cocperated in nrany the progrr, _l,f .-f]rE-"rp;ri.irents.,, 6' Bv letter dated Ju:9 1!, 1956 Dr. cial -t"ppgrr-lgr continuation or the r.ork ;;"; Abramson requested. fi'ansubproject 40. Ar the request of TSS/CD, Dr. Abran*son agreed- to ;.,-,.,,Jrt:.g.i;-ii; -reisiulitT of using aerosols'as deriv--{'-ryri"*. He blocking of ISD reactioC uy'ir,""rti!"tirrg nas also to exolore t}re r".r,"l *igh! i:lockirg reacrion in tissue' extractsl t"9n-q-+.rl"d be larrsing a possible appli_ catiou of lhese conrpor-n:ds io *E.rittlcal psychoses

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of- tjr-e '. to be used if tra:rsfer/pr.rchas" aorr:a ba e"i 11ff5"*-^*::: ll5 s: tT;. h,a_s to t"-a"""tld to study of connerciallv importan! conpounas .,'ittr the rest or .i-,J*tii"-ilif.3l !3Tii.".. and synergr/ e.r?eri-rneirts ot n.rt as r*e1l as lower fornrs. Additional fi-u-rds rA-ere to have t"u" it"git fron othe, ioui.", ,,as 1gs11 as O. N. R.,, (office of Naval Research?)--.qbtrooon suqqested t]rat he r..n,rlr{ arn.rrr +^ L\JrrrLU ut ,\al/al XeSearch?] .t6ranSon the P:bric Heal-Jr service io. grant Suggestedis not wOuld apply tO "if-that contra-jrcicated.,, "

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4Subproject 3i was es...blished for the purpose of conrectirg or the service .h.;;; to ti.,e b";.hi;k;er Frnd ror :."d1:;?::l"rf'Pa).nent 5' Subproject 40 r.'as established to contiaue suDport to tie re-ffi^iss6,.primsome

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brerr oilclA it t"t.rtffi Bo-r] Er-Llg=s,r-ho,"evLr, cei: c"-t"r-"t*J ,^.iil:rrg conducted,. Therr have nct responded to -orrespondence add.resf=:::1_.?*Tll; .q, iettei ia1ect o.c"rl"r-i-,,t ezz .cro,oi{"ir;:";'";"';ffi :::ater-ials fron Agenry files dd. ,"1's th"t h;;L reyierved all details of the research sn:dies. The leiter says ,,....we doavailable feel that the scientific nature oi t}r" r^'ork or th"- *"ru..r il rrhichnot r.es it conducted at tlat time ca:l be subjeit"a-io 5ltifialre criiicism, ev-en by todzyrs different standards." -Tne lettei u-rges tire Agenql to pro-tect trd.jvjciu:1 and instiruiinn:J i.io.iir,;o. -r-i* *::^;:;- --:. _-1J-

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